While there are effective laws outlawing the sharing of nonconsensual deepfake porn in some states, such as Virginia and California, the US needs a federal law
I wasn't surprised, but I *am* frustrated with policymakers … Bluesky: Amanda Marcotte / @amandamarcotte.bsky.social : This shows why the hysteria over AI is focused on the wrong issues. The fear is ...
For many services, moderating content has become an existential crisis; some services are even establishing rules that pre-empt the need for costly moderation
Content moderation rules used to be a question of taste. Now, they can determine a service's prospects for survival. Tweets: @mims , @wiczipedia , @roncharles , @mims , @maxabrahms , @aditi_muses , @...
Facebook and Twitter's warning labels during the election were a win for their public relations, but as a tech product, they were too little, too late
This election proved Big Tech still hasn't figured out how to make truth spread faster than lies — It was the equivalent of Big Tech slapping the … Tweets: @geoffreyfowler , @attorneynora , @jason_k...
Critics question Alphabet's Jigsaw subsidiary's decision to hire a disinformation vendor to run a campaign during research into state-sponsored disinformation
FOR MORE THAN two years, the notion of social media disinformation campaigns has conjured up images of Russia's Internet Research Agency … Tweets: @sheeraf , @a_greenberg , @a_greenberg , @sheeraf , @...
Sundar Pichai's appearance before Congress was another in a long line of pointless hearings, where lawmakers display limited knowledge and execs are evasive
It's hard to imagine how these hearings will result in anything more substantial than a few less-than-viral soundbites. Tweets: @rakeshlobster , @drphilgoff , @wiczipedia , @cwarzel , @caseyjohnston ,...